The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ...
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The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ...
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Turner, William, 1653-1701.
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London :: Printed for John Dunton ... and are to be sold by Edm. Richardson ...,
1695.
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"The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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Antient Heathen.
They Consecrated their Temples thus.
1. The Aruspices drew certain Ribbonds about the Floor, and strawed the plot of ground with Flowers.
2. Soldiers carried Boughs into it; and
3. Vestal Nuns followed, leading Boys and Girls in their Hands, and sprinkled the place with Holy Water.
4. Then a Pontifex and Praetor followed, who purged the Floor, by leading about it a Sow, a Ram and a Bull, and there Sacrificed them, and Prayed to the Gods to bless that holy place.
5. By drawing some Ropes, they pulled down the first Stone, setting it with wedges of Gold and Silver, the Aruspex crying out — Ne temeretur opus faxo, alirove, in aliud opus destinato.
Hence their Encaenia, solemn Feasts, at their De∣voting of their Temples to the Worship of some Idol God.
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